Countries
Myanmar
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
bye
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
birman
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Burmese and Balochi Speaking population
Burmese and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Burmese and Balochi on Burmese vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Balochi Language Codes
Burmese and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.